A new WORLD RECORD! 🥇

Our men's 100 freestyle final. If the 200 breast was exciting, wait until you see these men leave the blocks. This event is for gladiators and gamblers because you have to leave everything out there and be willing to bet it all. Our first competitor comes out in the 100 freestyle final. Lane number 8 representing Germany is Joshua Zizou has made a final here already. 400 meters freestyle, finishing 7th. Chris Giuliano from the United States in lane number 1, the 20-year-old, has already won a gold medal in the 4x3 relay, a bronze in the 4x200 free relay, swimming in the prelims. He finished 18th in this event in Tokyo. The other American enters the pool, Jack Alexie in lane number 7. First Olympic Games, has won a silver at the World Championships. Lane number 2. What a man. David Popovic already has won gold in the 200 free. He's the 2022 world champ in the 100 free, 7th in Tokyo three years ago. Maxime Brosset, this crowd will lift him. He will have just watched that phenomenal performance by his teammate. Representing Hungary, 24-year-old Nandor Nemeth, a bronze in this event earlier this year at the World Championships in Doha. 2016 Olympic champion, 2020 silver medalist from Australia is Kyle Charles. And our final competitor to be introduced, only 19 years of age, she's the world record holder. She's the Olympic record holder. She's the 2024 world champion, representing the People's Republic of China, Pan Xiangluo. Xiangluo had a massive time drop between the prelims and the semis, over a second in a 100 free there. And he came close to not even making the semis. Yeah, he was almost caught just being a little too relaxed in the heats. But now has countered that by being the fastest qualifier. Popovic and Giuliani will come home fast. Pan will go out fast. Alexei will go out fast. By the way, we're going to have a new Olympic champion because Caleb Dressel from the U.S. didn't even qualify for the U.S. team in this event. Strap yourself in. This is not for the fainthearted. The men's 100 free final is underway. Two laps of pure power and speed in lane number six. It's Maxime Grosse from France. He was fantastic underwater in the first few strokes. We're really strong, but already it's Pan from China in the center of the pool that is going out very fast. Popovic is in a good spot right now. Pan, first at the fit at 50. That's for sure a great underwater. 22 at the wall, and he had a wonderful underwater. Has extended it. Kyle Chalmers really trying to reel him in. So too Popovic. A body length lead for Pan from China. Will it be a time to remember? He goes for the wall. China, Chalmers from Australia, Popovic. It is a new world record. Pan pops up and pounds his chest, producing a gold medal performance in Paris. 46.40, that was incredible. Winning China's first gold medal in the swimming pool as well. Here in Paris, first world record as well. Here at La Defense Arena, Paris 2024. Chalmers was coming home, but Pan, just incredible. And what's amazing to see is that every single competitor, it seems, in the pool has come over to say congratulations. That was incredible to see a margin like that in 100 meters freestyle. It was the second that he won by more. 1.08 was the winning margin. Here he is at the 50 meter mark, led from start to finish 22-28. Really great underwater. Full stroke. Look at this margin in 100 freestyle. Set the new world record at the 2024 World Championships in Doha in a lead off in the relay. A lot like Leon Marchand in the event before him. You get the impression Pan could walk on water at the moment. That is how good he is feeling. They are the strong men of swimming. Not just the 100 freestylers that we witnessed, but later on, we'll see the men and women swim the 50. Just one length of the pool. These are the numbers. Pan from China, a new world record, 46.4. Kyle Chalmers, excuse me, earns the silver from Australia. David Popovich from Romania, the bronze. And by one one hundredth of a second, Nandor Nemeth from Hungary misses out on a medal.